The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, May 07, 1912, Image 1

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sfiTHE DAY BOOK500 SO. PEORIA ST.398 TEL. MONROE 353 ,VoL l,No. 191 ' Chicago, Tuesday, May 7, 1912 One CentVALUABLE STANDS TAKEN FROM NEWSIES BYPOLICE FREEL WITH TRUSTInternational President of Stereotypers Invited to Union?Meeting, Visits Publishers Instead and Gives- - ; Trust Papers 'Statement."The two 'biggest developments I other newsboy - for so much .in the -newspaper strike todaywere-the "taking of the. newsstands from itheir owners by thepolice, and "James pFreel.' The movement started yesterday to use the whole'city government to crush the Newsboys'union was carried into effect today. - . tThe news stands, -whichweretaken from thetbys1, are not valuable, fiut thenews stand locations- which 'the Union jiewsboys haveBeen ordered to keep away fromHyine iSplice art valuable.THe Examiner yesterday, in, asfofy; evidently directed at theneVsb'qys,' union, declared thatntenyi of, these ' downtown news' jad 16cai6ns7 wei;e wprfhjjunr$ds of dolfajs, add tiiat oneat"?Teasv,wa,s worth m6rethan $2,-vnitesterday, these locationsWCTelked upon- as real property, and the newsboy owner ofone would sell the location to an-jnoney.Yesterday afternoon, ChiefMcWeeny, after a conferencewith his police captains, orderedthat the news stands betaken up;that they' be given over to the"publishers, and that Captain Pad-1dy Lavin see to It .that no news-boy was-allowed to make an loud'outcry abotu losing his stand.Last night the stands weretaken. Of course, the newsboyscould not prevent the police tak-,ing them. Delegations of union'newsboys, backed by other unionmen, went to see the mayor andjChief McWeeny about it.Mayor Harrison was too busyto see them. r Chief McWeenycould not be moved. 'Today, jthe newspapers of, thgpublishers trust alone were on athe loop news stands. The unipn,new$boys, who refused to sellnon-union newspapers, even ifthey lost their property, were permitted to carry their union newspapers through the streets.They were not permitted to cry:ti'